Daumantas Explained

Daumantas (Ruthenian: Dowmont or Domont; Belarusian: Daŭmont; Russian: Довмонт) is a given name and a surname.

It is the name of two early dukes of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Because they were contemporaries, they are often confused with each other.

Given name

• Daumantas of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285)
• Daumantas of Pskov, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299)
• Daumantas, nom de guerre of Juozas Lukša, post-World War II anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan leader

Surname

• Juozas Lukša-Daumantas (1921-1951), Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighter
• Tomas Daumantas (born 1975), Lithuanian footballer
• (1885-1977), Lithuanian politician, diplomat, bibliophile and collector

See also

• Domantas, given name